Attachment for quilling-machines.



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W. B. LOVATTK; D. A. &`P. F. REHRIG.

ATTACHMENT FOR QUILLING MACHINES.

APPLIOATI-ON FILED MAY 24, 1909.

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WILLIAM B. LOVATT, 0F WEATHERLY, DENNIS A. REHRIG, OF MAHONING TOWNSHIP,CARBON COUNTY, AND PIERCE F. REHRIG, OF LEHIGI-ITON, PENNSYLVANIA.

ATTACHMENT FOR QUILLING-MACHINES.

Application led May 24, 1909. Serial No. 497,952.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that we, VVILLLIAM B. LovATT, residing at Veatherly, Carboncounty, Pennsylvania; DENNIS A. REHRIG, residing at Mahoning township,Carbon county, Pennsylvania, and PIERCE F. Remus, residing at Lehighton,Carbon county, Pennsylvania, haveinvented a certain new and ImprovedAttachment for Quilling-Wlachines, of which the following is aspecification.

Our invention is an attachment for any style of quilling machine wheretension or drag is required for the spooling or quilling of silk,cotton, wool or other material.

Our invention has for its object to provide an attachment which may beplaced upon any style of quilling machine and over which the thread ispassed in its travel from the bobbins or swifts to the quills or bobbinson the take-up spindles and which can be so adjusted that the desireddegree of drag on the thread may be maintained.

Our invention also has for its object to provide means whereby looseends or waste of thread or broken strands may be gathered and preventedfrom passing to the quills along with the thread proper.

Our invention also resides in those novel details of construction,combination and arrangement of parts all of which will be firstdescribed, thenl be specifically pointed out in the appended claims andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1, is a perspective view of a part of a quilling machineillustrating` the application of our invention. Fig. 2, is a detail viewof the roll. Fig. 3, is a cross section on the line,33 of Fig. 2. Fig.4, is a similar view illustrating a modified form of roll. Fig. 5, is ahorizontal sectionon the line 5-5 of Fig. 6. Fig. 6, is a'section on theline 6-6 of Fig. 5. Fig. 7, is a detail view illustrating the passage ofa thread through the forked or slotted member. Fig. 8, is a detail viewof a modification of the invention. Y

Referring now to the accompanying drawings in which like letters andnumerals of reference indicate like partsin all of the figures, ldesignates the quilling machine which is provided with the usualbrackets 1a and top bar lo. To the brackets 1a are fastened byadjustable clips 3a, standards 3 which have bearings 4 to receive theends 5a of a roll 5, the bearings-4 being clamped by Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented Apr. 5, 1910.

bolts 4a or in any other approved manner to hold the roll 5 stationary.The roll 5 is covered with 'plush 6, or other suitable material.k Blocks7 are secured to the roll 5 at desired intervals and the blocks 7 areprovided with slots 7a, the slotted surfacesgof the blocks being coveredwith plush 8, or other suitablev material. The blocks 7 are secured tothe rolls 5 by screws 9 or in any other desired manner.

10 represents bobbins which are held either on vertical spindles 11 orin a hori zontal position by supports 12 on a rod la of the quillingframe. From these bobbins 10 the thread 15 is passed around or overadjusting rods 2 of glass or other suitable material, after which thethread is passed over the roll 6 and through one of the slots 7a to thequills or bobbins 10. Instead of taking the thread from bobbins 10 thethread may be taken from a swift 13 supported on the bar 1C or support-s14, as indicated, or the swifts may b e supported in any other desiredway. The rods 2 are carried by clips 2a which are adjustable in thebrackets 1l so that they may be shifted along the brackets to bring thethread 15 into greater or less contact with the roll surfaces asconditions m'ay require and thus increase or decrease the drag asdesired. The Contact of the thread 15 with the roll surface 6 may bealso adjusted or varied by making the roll 5 of oval or other similarcross sectional shape, as shown in Fig. 4, of the drawings, and byturning the roll of Fig. 4 on its aXis a greater or less tension on thethread 15 may be had.

By passing the thread 15 through the slots of the member 7, any looseparticles of thread will be prevented from passing through the slot, asshown in Fig. 7, to the quills or bobbins on the take-up spindles of thequilling machines. The thread which passes to the quills will becleaned, as it were; furthermore, by providing the slotted member 7 forthe thread to pass through should the thread consist of more than asingle strand of material and one or more of such strands become droppedfrom the full thread then the slotted member 7 will act as a catcher orpreventer and hold or break the thread and therebyl prevent imperfectthreads from passing onto the quill, bobbin or spindle.

In Fig. 8 is disclosed a slight modification ot' the invention whereinthe block 7 is formed of a resilient spring-like member covered withplush S, or the like, so as te more readily grip the thread l5 to breakthe thread or hold it tight..

Then we speak of the roll 5 being covered with cplush we desire itunderstood that any other soft fibrous material may be used in lieuthereof, such for instance as velvet or the like.

'Ve deem it well to call attention to the fact that by the use of thisinvention quilling machines may be run ata very much greater speed thanunder the present system of handling material, thereby reducing the costof production, etc.

Numerous slight changes in the details of construction and arrangementof parts may be made without departing from the spirit of the inventionor the scope ot the appended claims. Y

That we claim is:

l. n attachment for quilling machines comprising a plush covered rollover which the thread passes in its travel from the bobhin to the quill,a plurality of rods extending substantially parallel with said roll andspaced apart over which the thread may be passed to vary the amount ofcontactbetween the thread and said roll by causing a larg-er or smallerlength of said thread to be brought into contact with said roll and asupport for said roll and rods.

an attachment for quilling machines comprising a rotatablv mounted plushcovered roll over which the thread passes from the bobbin to the quill,means for supporting said roll and clamping it from rotation, and meanscarried by said roll through which said thread passes to strip thethread of loose strands.

3. An attachment tor quilling machines coniprising a rotatably mountedplush covered roll over which the thread passes in its travel from thebobbin to the quill, means for adjusting the length of contact ot thethread with the roll surface, and means carried by said roll throughwhich said thread passes to strip the thread of loose strands andremovable means for holding said roll in a given position from rotationand a support for said roll.

4. An attachment for quilling machines comprising a rotatable plushcovered roll over which the thread passes from the bobbin to the quill,removable means for clamping and supporting said roll in its adjustedpositions, and radially disposed blocks secured to said roll betweenwhich rthe thread passes.

5. An attachment for quilling machines comprising a rotatably adjustablymounted plush covered roll over which the thread )asses in its travelfrom the bobbin to the quill, means carried by said roll through whichsaid thread passes to strip the thread ot1 loose strands, said lastnamed means comprising slotted blocks between which the thread passes,and a support for said roll.

G. An attachment for quilling machines comprising a rotatably adjustablymounted plush covered roll over which the thread passes in its travelfrom the bobbin to the quill, means for adjusting the length of contactof the thread with the roll surface, means carried by said roll throughwhich said thread passes to strip the thread of loose strands, said lastnamed means comprising slotted blocks between which the thread passes,and a support for said roll.

7. An attachnient for quilling machines comprising a rotatablyladjustably mounted plush coveied roll over which the thread passes in'its travel from the bobbin to the quill, means carried by said rollthrough which said thread passes to strip the thread of loose strands,said last named means comprising plush covered slotted blocks secured tosaid roll through the Islots of which said thread passes, and a supportfor said roll.

8. An attachment for quilling machines comprising a rotatably adjustablymounted plush covered roll over which the thread passes iu its travelfrom the bobbin to the quill, means for adjusting the length of contactof the thread. with the roll surface, means carried by said roll throughwhich said thread passes to strip the thread of loose strands, said lastnamed means comprising plush covered slotted blocks secured to saidrolls through the slots of which said thread passes, and a support forsaid roll.

9. An attachn'ientI for quilling machines comprising a plush coveredroll over which the thread passes in its travel from the bobbin to thequill, a plurality of rods lying in the same plane and spaced apart overwhich said thread may be passed to vary the amount ot' contact betweensaid thread and said plush covered roll by causing a larger or smallerlength ot' said thread to be brought into cont-act with the surface ofsaid roll, and a support for said roll aud rods.

VILLIAM B. LOVATT. DENNIS A. REHRIG. PIERCE F. REHRIG.

lVitnesses Nona M. Rin-nuo, (li-ras. A. REI-mio.

